Legal Specialist 1

As part of the Lead Contract Negotiators (LCN), this position provides legal advice and counsel within a function, region or country to support the creation, review, and negotiation of customer and vendor clinical contracts and supports contracting process from triage to contract metric reports.Responsibilities:Under general guidance from a senior IQVIA attorney, provides legal assistance to IQVIA companies in complying with laws, meeting business objectives, protecting assets and minimizing risks.Reviewing, drafting and negotiating a broad range of clinical contracts (i.E. customer, vendor and non-disclosure agreements).Ensuring that contracts are in compliance with legal, regulatory and organization policies.Monitoring the contract process to assure compliance with the organization's contractual guidelines for both customers and vendors.Track work and obtain appropriate reviews and approvals, adhering to established processes.Participate or coordinate as a legal contract lead in customer or vendor calls to support negotiations of the contracts.Conduct written and/or verbal follow-up with customers and vendors after the delivery of draft or signature-ready contracts.Support the development and delivery of training to "upskill" non-legal staff and/or move non-essential work out of LCN.Support LCN triage activities, track team workload and contract metrics.REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:Law Bachelor Degree; A minimum of 2-3 years of experience working with commercial contracts and/or equivalent qualification.Proficient in drafting various types of contracts in English and negotiating complex deals directly with customers and vendors.Prior in-house experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or familiarity with drug discovery and development process will be a plus.Strong organizational, planning, project management, communication, presentation and influence skills.*CV/Resume must be sent in English.#J-18808-Ljbffr